Yamaha CS80

Yeah, I am sure the Spong treatment is great.  

I get the Rogoff treatment in California!  I feel lucky to have him within driving distance.


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> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> From: blchrr@...
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:02:23 +0100
> Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: A CS80 find.
> 
> If its in the UK why not pick it up and take it direct to Kent Spong (KSR)
> see if he can take it on? Im not sure how busy he is at the moment though.
> Get him to restore it..?
> You can get his number from the RL Music website.
> Ill be getting my 80 back hopefully at the end of August after the KSR
> treatment.. cant wait... :)
> > Hi Stephen,
> >
> > It's in the UK, but it'll be me that buys it. I'm not *offering* it on
> > this list, just asking advice about possible problems with it's
> > condition..!
> >
> > Cheers.
> > TOM
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Wavecomputer360"
> >  wrote:
> >>
> >> Where is it located? And how much is the owner asking for it? If you
> > wish, you can contact me off-list with more info. Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Stephen.
> >>
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> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Quazimodo
> >> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 6:09 PM
> >> Subject: [yamahacs80] A CS80 find.
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi chaps,
> >>
> >> I have found another CS80 close by me and it's up for grabs - but I am
> >> slightly concerned. It all seems to be working apart from a couple of
> >> voices.
> >>
> >> (On my current CS80 which works 100%- when I bought it back in 1986 a
> >> voice didn't sound and it turned out that someone had tweaked the
> >> wrong preset - (VCA?) - and it just wanted setting up again..)
> >>
> >> So this new find might well be similar.... but otherwise I am
> >> concerned that it has live a great part of it's life stored in a damp
> >> garage and the metalwork inside has this white powder on it. It won't
> >> come off really and some of the brass screw bolts are dis-coloured
> >> with it etc... My main concern is how this has affected the solder and
> >> PCB's. Anyone here have any similar experiences and actually how bad
> >> does it have to be visually before it's an issue?
> >>
> >> Like I said, the synth seems to work OK except for a couple of voices
> >> and it's in need of a tune up.
> >>
> >> Obviously I need to base my offer on info collected from sources such
> >> as our group here.
> >>
> >> Many thanks in advance.
> >> TOM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >
> >
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